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PUNE: Shiv Sena on Sunday unleashed another attack on Sachin Tendulkar and compared him with Sunil Gavaskar who it hailed as a "true Maharashtrian". The attack came in an article in party mouthpiece 'Saamna' by Sena MP Sanjay Raut days after party supremo Bal Thackeray accused the 36-year-old cricket icon of hurting Marathi sentiments with his "Mumbai for all" remark. Comparing Tendulkar to Gavaskar (60), Raut alleged, "There has been no instance of Sachin extending a helping hand to other Marathi cricketers.

NEW DELHI: After vehemently denying that he had accused his childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar of not helping him enough, former Indian player Vinod Kambli on Friday found himself on a sticky wicket with visuals showing that he had indeed made the remarks. A brief video footage of the programme "Sach Ka Samna" beamed on 'Times Now' channel showed a pensive Kambli admitting that Tendulkar had not helped him enough. When the anchor of the show specifically asked the former player whether Tendulkar could have done more to save him from his self-destructive habits, Kambli said "I think yes..

MUMBAI: 15-year-old Mumbai teenager Prithvi Shaw created a national record today, hitting an astonishing 546 playing for Rizvi Springfield against St Francis D'Assisi Borivali in an inter-school match for the prestigious Harris Shield here today. Touted as one of the bright young prospects emerging out of Mumbai school of batsmanship, the state U-16 captain Prithvi hit 85 boundaries and five sixes in the match played at the Azad Maidan. In the process, Prithvi became the first schoolboy cricketer to hit a 500 plus score in an official inter-school match.

New York: Cricket may not be too big a sport in this part of the world but leading US publications have nonetheless paid tribute to retiring Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar , applauding the veteran batsman for his "supreme" talent and a career lived with soft-spoken integrity and humility. "This week, for more than a billion people, the world as they know it effectively comes to an end. The second Test match between India and the West Indies ...will be the last international appearance of one Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar," a Wall Street Journal article titled 'Farewell to Cricket's Little Master' said.

Whenever talk veers towards the early excitement around Sachin Tendulkar's talent, I remember the words of Kapil Dev. I had broken the news to the Indian team in the dressing room about Sachin making a hundred on Ranji Trophy debut . The first to respond was Kapil, who immediately told his teammates ," Please don't go overboard over this performance. We have also had our prodigies in Haryana. There was Rajdeep Kalsi. But he flattered to deceive. " Kapil's Mumbai teammates, like Dilip Vengsarkar and Sanjay Manjrekar, sniggered.

NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar today completed 20 years in international cricket and became the first Indian and only the 16th in the history of the game to have a career spanning more than two decades. Tendulkar, who made his debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan way back in November 15, 1989, will reach the milestone of 20 years and one day in international cricket when he comes out to play against Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series in Ahmedabad tomorrow.

New York: Cricket may not be too big a sport in this part of the world but leading US publications have nonetheless paid tribute to retiring Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar , applauding the veteran batsman for his "supreme" talent and a career lived with soft-spoken integrity and humility. "This week, for more than a billion people, the world as they know it effectively comes to an end. The second Test match between India and the West Indies ...will be the last international appearance of one Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar," a Wall Street Journal article titled 'Farewell to Cricket's Little Master' said.

NEW DELHI: If you can't beat them, join them. That seems to be the mantra for Bollywood hitching its bandwagon to cricket to market itself. With the Indian team in the thick of cricket action on the field - taking on the might of Australia, South Africa and Pakistan - over the next six months, Bollywood does not want to miss the limelight. Close on the heels of director David Dhawan roping in cricketing icons of the like of Kapil Dev and Harbajan Singh for screen presence in his forthcoming movie Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, now Yash Raj Films have gone ahead to tie-up with sports broadcaster ESPN-STAR Sports as part of marketing effort for its next venture, Dhoom.

A 'scientific' analysis of batting achievements in Test cricket has found what most people already know - that Don Bradman was the greatest batsman in the game. A paper, written by two economists, analysed factors such as consistency of scoring, value of a batsman's runs to the team and home-away record, and found the Australian great leagues ahead of the rest on all counts. That's hardly a surprise. But the paper has some far more interesting conclusions. While just five Indians qualify in the top 50 on the basis of career averages, in none of the parameters does Sachin Tendulkar , the highest run scorer in Tests, emerge on top even among Indian batsmen.

Even among the leagues of legends, the adulation that Sachin Tendulkar has earned is one of its kind. So what more can you possibly say about the legend than what's already been said? Well, the RBS tribute, edited by Kavita Sonawala , promises rarer stuff: personal photographs and anecdotes recounted by Tendulkar himself. RAMESH TENDULKAR TO SON "Typically let's say a person lives for 70 years or so. How many years will you play the sport? 20 years, if you are very good, maybe even 25 years.